Bill Fitzgerald
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cycle lane blocked by snow Archived59-97 Purchase St Boston, MA 02110, USA - Downtownplows appear to have used cycle lane on much of surface road and purchase street as a snow dumping area, in some areas completely blocking it. Very dangerous.
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Icy or Snowy Street Archived378 Massachusetts 2a Cambridge Massachusetts - The PortSnow has been cleared into the bike path, blocking it and squeezing bikes together with cars right as they set off from the light. A crew was just leaving as I arrived, having just created, or at least allowed, this issue. Please inform work crews that bike lanes need to be kept clear too (all the cyclists absent from the roads these days are in cars, buses and trains - many would be on their bikes if the bike lanes weren't in such a state.
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Snow blocked bicycle path Archived260-266 Beacon Street Somerville, Massachusetts - SomervilleThe bike path has been covered in snow along its length, making the city's snow clearance of it (thank you) fairly pointless. At this point, it's completely impassable for all but the most intrepid mountain bikers.
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Snow blocked bicycle path Archived260-266 Beacon Street Somerville Massachusetts - SomervilleThe bike path has been covered in snow along its length, making the city's snow clearance of it (thank you) fairly pointless. At this point, it's completely impassable for all but the most intrepid mountain bikers.
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Snow blocked bicycle path Archived260-266 Beacon Street Somerville, Massachusetts - SomervilleThe bike path has been covered in snow along its length, making the city's snow clearance of it (thank you) fairly pointless. At this point, it's completely impassable for all but the most intrepid mountain bikers.
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Uncleared sidewalk Archived290 Beacon Street Somerville, Massachusetts - SomervilleHuge mound of snow cleared from driveway over sidewalk.
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Icy or Snowy Street Archived315 Vassar Street Cambridge, Massachusetts - MitParking space snow has been cleared into the bike lane, completely blocking it.;
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380 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts - Cambridgeport
Yesterday morning, early in the snowfall, I passed someone clearing the space outside the fire station *into* the bike lane. I called out to please not do that, but I was either not heard or ignored. This morning the bike lane is completely blocked.
Please make the staff aware that this is illegal, dangerous and anti-social.
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Pothole Archived58-64 Cherry Street Somerville, Massachusetts - SomervilleBad pothole has opened up on Cherry - it's very obvious, on the southbound side of the street.
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Icy or Unshoveled Sidewalk Archived1-99 Reardon Street Cambridge, Massachusetts - CambridgeportThe heavily used pedestrian & cycle path behind Fort Washington Park and over the tracks is never cleared here. Perhaps whatever vehicle clears the off-street cycle track on Vassar could extend its route here?
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Icy or Snowy Street Archived479-499 Vassar Street Cambridge, Massachusetts - MitHeavy quantities of snow are covering the entire bike path from the corner to Memorial Dr, making it very dangerous. Drivers are *not* patient about cycilsts using the lane and riding at 15mph, slowing them down in their race to the next traffic queue.
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Streetlight Outage Archived414 Washington St Somerville, Massachusetts - SomervilleTraffic light has been turned to point the wrong way. Dangerously shows green light to traffic that should be stopped.
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Dangerous Pothole Archived17-33 Park Street Somerville, Massachusetts - SomervilleJust before the train tracks, if heading south on Park St, there is a vicious pothole in the middle of the road, just the right size to catch a bicycle wheel. It's around a small access hatch (gas or water presumably). Since people often seem to like to park there, it puts it right in cyclists' path and if a cyclist were to hit it, they would very likely go down.
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26 Kidder Ave Somerville, Massachusetts - SomervilleStop sign is missing, and metal stump is dangerous.
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Snow-Streets not shoveled Archived67-87 Kidder Ave Somerville, Massachusetts - SomervilleThis is kind of ridiculous, right next to school, this long from major snow fall. Slippery narrow ice trail on kidder and around the corner.
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Multiple Space Savers Archived85 Powder House Terrace Somerville, Massachusetts - SomervilleYesterday there was a ridiculous line of space-saver chairs in spaces. 6+ spaces in a row, not a single car in them, all 'saved' to prevent the rest of the community using the public road, under the implied threat, as we all know, of having your vehicle vandalized if you don't comply. Please have them removed.
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100 Cedar Street Somerville, Massachusetts - Somerville
I appreciate the efforts of the crossing guards, but the guard at Highland and Cedar consistently and insistently encourages people to violate the traffic signals and cross against the light.
I have observed a pedestrian nearly knocked down after he insistently beckoned them across without a light, and a turning car did not expect a pedestrian to step out.
He also always beckons cyclists to cross during the pedestrian crossing. I don't particularly have a problem with cyclists using the pedestrian phase if they are very careful not to inconvenience pedestrians, but it is against the law and it is inappropriate for the crossing guard to encourage people to do this.
I appreciate his efforts and that he is doing all this in good faith, but I think the city should reinforce with their crossing guards that they should not encourage people to cross against the lights.
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30 Francesca Ave Somerville, Massachusetts - SomervilleFound bags inside with obvious animal disturbance, and pizza crusts on the top of a neighboring bin.
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Dangerous pothole Archived147 College Ave Somerville, Massachusetts - SomervilleAbout 100ft short of powderhouse rotary, there's a pothole. It's almost bad enough to take out a car tire, and very dangerous to cyclists, who will often be going quickly after coming down the hill.